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Meaning: (idiomatic)Tolearn, orattemptto learn, what kind ofpersonone is and what onewantsinlife.When he was in his early twenties, he backpacked around Europe tofind himself.2017June, Lexi Blake,Revenge, New York, N.Y.:Berkley Books,→ISBN,page292:All that mattered now was figuring out what she wanted to do with the rest of her life. It was time tofind herselfagain. The shelby she'd been without Drew. Strong and confident.; (idiomatic)Tounexpectedlyorunintentionallybeginto do orexperiencesomething.As you enter the cafe, youfind yourselfwondering why they decided to paint the entire room blue.When news of his wife’s murder spread around the media, hefound himselfin front of a press conference explaining his actions.1817(date written), [Jane Austen], chapter XII, inPersuasion; published inNorthanger Abbey: And Persuasion.[…], volume III, London:John Murray,[…], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818),→OCLC,page241:Anne and Henrietta,finding themselvesthe earliest of the party the next morning, agreed to stroll down to the sea before breakfast.2015, Nathan W. Harter, “Cameron Finds Himself Transfixed by “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte””, inLeadership and Coherence: A Cognitive Approach(Leadership: Research & Practice), New York, N.Y.; Hove, East Sussex:Routledge,→ISBN,page71:There is a scene in the popular movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" when the character Cameronfinds himselfat the Art Institute of Chicago transfixed by "A Sunday Afternoon on The Island of La Grande Jatte" byGeorges Seurat.2017January 19,Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspottingreview – choose a sequel that doesn’t disappoint”, inThe Guardian[1], London, archived fromthe originalon20 January 2017:[Danny] Boylerevives some of the stylistic tics whichfound themselvesbeing ripped off by geezer-gangster Britflicks back in the day, but now the freezeframes are briefer, sharper; the movie itself refers back to the original with variant flashback versions of famous scenes, but also Super 8-type images of the boys' poignant boyhood in primary school.; (idiomatic)To be in a particularstate of mind.How do youfind yourselfthis morning?; (literally)Tofind(something) for oneself.I need tofind myselfa boat.1800,Abu’l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, “The Ahdy”, in Francis Gladwin, transl.,Ayeen Akbery; or The Institutes of the Emperor Akber. Translated from the Original Persian[...]In Two Volumes, volume I, London: Printed by G. Auld, Greville-Street, for J. Sewell[et al.],→OCLC, part II (Containing Regulations for the Military Department),page205:On entering the ſervice hefinds himſelfa horſe, and when that dies he is mounted by government; when his horſe dies proper officers make out a certificate thereof, which is called a ſaketnameh, in order that his pay may be regulated accordingly, for until he has found another horſe, he ceaſes to draw any pay for one; and if he neglects to obtain the certificate, he is not allowed any thing from the time of the laſt muſter.; (literally)Todiscoveroneself to be in a particularplace.I got drunk and woke tofind myselfin the neighbour’s garden the next morning.1851, J[ean]-H[enri]Merle D’Aubigné, “Discourse I. The Testimony of God.”, in W. K. Tweedie, transl.,Rationalism and Popery Refuted: Three Courses on the Authority of the Scriptures.[...]Translated from the French, with a Preface, London; Edinburgh: Johnstone & Hunter,→OCLC,page 8:If youfound yourselvessome day at the base of Mont Blanc, where that giant of mountains strikes his immovable foundations into the earth, and if you saw some little ants issuing from their hillock, labouring, scraping, picking, running, taking, one a blade of grass, another a grain of sand, would you believe that Mont Blanc was about to be annihilated?
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